I’m having left over birthday cake for brekkie this morning! Yes, we FINALLY got to celebrate my bday – in the yard 12 feet apart from each other BUT still!
Why cake for breakfast? Hells bells, why not? I’m a grown-ass adult – I can eat what I want, when I want…dammit.The specific reason though is that yesterday was a good, productive day. I managed to sit up in a chair for six whole hours, made four trips up and down the stairs without falling. I got up out of my comfy chair and bed withOUT assistance, took a shower standing up AND…wait for it…I walked DOWN TO THE SEAWALL, climbed the few steps to the landing and got to stand there gawping at the pretty sailboats, harbor islands and the glorious water. Then I walked home. Yes my awesome PT, Judy, was holding my hand for most of the trip BUT, all the same, I did it!
Yes, it’s true that my wee cottage is just one house back from the seawall – about 80 feet, not even a a small fraction of a block. THIS however was HUGE progress for yurs truly. MORE big, though I was def tuckered out, I didn’t need a post trek nap. Better still, my efforts did NOT trigger Courbet or even Munch levels of pain!
Today is exactly four weeks since spine surgery and I no longer need a microscope to see my healing gains. YEA me!
To further revel in this milepost I will avoid reading the news for the rest of the day.
Yes, I already had a look-see at how the Republi/Fascist appeals court has refused protection for journos covering the protests, from by 45’s brownshirts violent attacks.
I’ve seen that the Painted Pussygrabber is encouraging voter fraud amongst his cult members.
I read The Atlantic article where Prez Bonespurs von Treasonalweasel refused to visit Aisne-Marne American Cemetery while he was in Paris.
In a conversation with senior staff members on the morning of the scheduled visit, Trump said, “Why should I go to that cemetery? It’s filled with losers.” In a separate conversation on the same trip, Trump referred to the more than 1,800 marines who lost their lives at Belleau Wood as “suckers” for getting killed. (source)I’m DONE with the news today. I’m not even gonna look up the number of new Plague45 infections and deaths this morning. Honest!
NOPE! No doomsurfing for me today. I’m gonna take it easy, NOT overdue the PT. I’ll read, doodle and MAYBE take a walk to the seawall if me back pain holds off.
Today’s all about having a big happy-joy-joy over my survival and improvement.
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| Sunrise with moon (taken by my fabola partner, Ten). |
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ReplyDeleteI just KNEW it looked a little too curvaceous to be our chubby moon :-)
DeleteTa-Dah!! Rooty Toot!! Hooray for You!!
ReplyDeleteThank you and YIPPEE!
DeleteI knew you would prevail.Before long you'll be running that pathway to the beach. Good on you...
ReplyDeleteMy son the fireman once as a training exercise had to wrestle with a loose fire hose, to get it under control. The hose, blasting water full bore, was like an angry snake flipping and flapping across the concrete daring anyone to get near. No one fireman could get near it without getting bit. It took a team effort and bit by bit they got it under control. We live in a time and place where the angry fire hose is spewing bullshit, no one person can tame or defeat it, without getting bit. It has to be a collective effort. Unnaturally, about 30%-40% of the country sees gospel, and are unable to see the snake at all. The snakeless evangelicals are at around 80%. (Who thought Jesus the defender of the poor, sick, and homeless, and who died at the hands of state power would be conscripted to such a base cause?). And yet here we are. In the interest of mental health, we all need to focus on the good things that surround. I have a young dog that needs long walks. I have Sudoku and Wordscape. But I'm constantly aware that the snake is flipping and flapping some near. Take your time in regenerating yourself. Healing is your prime directive (OK, I've always had a thing for Star Trek). It's going to be contentious in the coming months and probably bloody too. The team goal is to overpower the snake. We can do it together, not alone. But it must be done...
GREAT analogy!
DeleteSpock would tell me that it is only logical to take it slow. I try to always imagine WWSD :-)
Breaking the doomscrolling habit is hard BUT I know I can do this...dammit.